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After years of grumbling about the massive sorcerer's hat blocking the exterior view of the Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios, the structure was removed early this year. Now some attention has been paid to the interior content of the attraction, which opened along with the park — then dubbed Disney-MGM Studios — in 1989. The recent changes were prompted by last year's sponsorship deal with Turner Classic Movies, and that touch is primarily noticeable through signs and the presence of Robert Osborne, longtime host of TCM programming. Fear not, there's still faux gunfire; Tarzan continues to swing through the trees; the munchkins remain in...

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